Clarksville Virginia Food Pantry

06/18/2026

A message from Dennis Hudson, Manager, Your Clarksville Food Lion:
Our limited-edition Food Lion Feeds summer bags are here, now through July 14! Add one to your Food Lion To Go order or make a cash donation to share the care with kids in your community. Each bag you buy helps provide at least 40 meals* to local children through grants provided by the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation. Thank you!

06/10/2026

Hello, Gardeners!

Yesterday morning was definitely a cooler morning to be in the garden!

Thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help; a lot was accomplished.

🌺Between Friday of last week and Monday this week, we picked 55 lbs of squash and zucchini. We added 17 lbs yesterday, which brings our total to 230 lbs! The plants have plenty of blooms to produce more!

🪲Pest management was performed using DE on the ground and dish soap added to water eliminate the bugs and eggs we could see.

🌻The cantaloupes are growing nicely, should be able to pick in a few weeks!

🍅Most of the tomato plants have buds and flowers!

Our next garden dates will be Thursday, June 11, and Tuesday, June 16 at 8:30 AM, weather permitting. Tomorrow we will be planting cucumbers and sowing green beans. See you there!

Happy Gardening,
Janice, Rose, Connie

06/04/2026

Thanks to Averett Baptist Church for serving on the Pantry distribution team on Wednesday and Saturday. The first few days of each month are the busiest, so they worked like troopers! We couldn't accomplish all that we do without volunteers, and we particularly appreciate the twelve churches and organizations that serve in rotation. Averett Baptist and many churches and individuals also generously contribute staple items. Check our website for ways that you can serve or donate to the Clarksville Food Pantry https://www.clarksvillefoodpantry.org/

05/29/2026

Our May Pantry newsletter is packed with information about available assistance for local families: Mecklenburg County Summer Food sites, SUN Bucks, Virginia Fresh Match, and Virginia Energy Assistance. Open the newsletter and click on the links for more information.

Our purpose is to to solicit, store, and distribute supplemental food for adults, children, and especially seniors, who lack an adequate supply, primarily in western Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Clarksville, Boydton, Skipwith, Buffalo Junction, and Nelson.)

05/23/2026

☀️ School is out, summer meals are in! Mecklenburg County Public Schools is proud to participate in the Seamless Summer Option, offering FREE meals to all kids and teens ages 18 and under.
🥦 No registration or documentation is required! Check out the flyer below for meal times, locations, and details.
📌 Please note: Children must remain on-site while consuming their meals.

04/23/2026

Our Pantry Newsletter is available now on the website: https://www.clarksvillefoodpantry.org/resourcesnewsletter Click to learn about the hard work that the Lake Country Community Garden is doing to supply the Pantry with fresh produce, some hints for using the cold weather crops which our families will be receiving until summer crops are ready, and a big welcome to Buffalo Baptist Church who have stepped up to be one of our distributing teams! And lots more news...

Our purpose is to to solicit, store, and distribute supplemental food for adults, children, and especially seniors, who lack an adequate supply, primarily in western Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Clarksville, Boydton, Skipwith, Buffalo Junction, and Nelson.)

04/18/2026

Many, many thanks to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for their generous donation of 222 pounds of food for the Clarksville Food Pantry. Robert Thaxton and Jimmy Hartman received this bounty and delivered it to the Pantry today.

04/03/2026

Thanks to the many volunteers who make the garden possible. We're looking forward to sharing the bounty of your work with our Food Pantry families.

🌱 Hello Gardeners! 🌱
We’re back at it for a new season, and we’d love for you to join us! Come have some fun, learn something new, and give back to the community.
📅 Friday, April 10 at 10:30 AM
We’ll be finishing up w**ding, burning holes in the permeable fabric, and replacing irrigation lines.
👉 If you have a w**d eater, please bring it along to help clean up around the garden.
🌼 Wednesday, April 15 at 8:30 AM
Planting Day! Come get your hands in the soil and help us kick off the growing season.
Be sure to check out the garden flyer for more details. We hope to see you there! 🌿

02/24/2026

Check out the latest Pantry Newsletters posted on our https://www.clarksvillefoodpantry.org/resourcesnewsletter, with up-to-date information about the Current State of Poverty and Food Insecurity in Mecklenburg County, Virginia’s Energy Assistance Program (EA) through the Virginia Department of Social Services that helps eligible households pay energy bills, the upcoming schedule for our churches and organizations who serve each time the Pantry is open, and much, much more. Thanks to our loyal Newsletter Editor, Anne Brager!

Our purpose is to to solicit, store, and distribute supplemental food for adults, children, and especially seniors, who lack an adequate supply, primarily in western Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Clarksville, Boydton, Skipwith, Buffalo Junction, and Nelson.)

02/11/2026

What a wonderful gift from the Clarksville Lions Club! Thank you!

Today our club presented a grant check for $1,000 from Lions of Southeastern Virginia Charity Foundation to the Clarksville Food Pantry. Our club applied for this grant several weeks ago and we were very happy when our application was immediately accepted.

Our club also participates as one of the many community organizations who serve 8 times a year as volunteers.

We also delivered our annual contribution of $500 that day.

Pictured are: Lions Carol Lunsford, Jane Lloyd, Mary Storm, Karen Bona, and Matt Dowling, along with Mr. Robert Thaxton, Past President of the Clarksville Food Pantry.